1. Acceptance and eligibility
These Terms of Use (“Terms”) are an agreement between you and Anchor concerning your use of the Anchor app, App Clip, widgets, website, NFC features, support channels, and related services (collectively, “Anchor”). If you do not agree, do not use Anchor.
You must be legally capable of accepting these Terms. If you use Anchor for a child or another person, you represent that you have authority to do so and are responsible for supervising that use. Additional Apple terms may apply through the App Store and Apple platform services.
2. License to use Anchor
Subject to these Terms and applicable Apple rules, Anchor grants you a limited, personal, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable, and non-sublicensable license to install and use Anchor on compatible Apple devices that you own or control.
This license does not transfer ownership of Anchor or its intellectual property. Rights not expressly granted are reserved.
3. Acceptable use
You may not:
- use Anchor for unlawful, fraudulent, deceptive, abusive, or harmful activity;
- attempt to access another person’s private data or configuration;
- interfere with Anchor, its security, website, Universal Links, App Clip behavior, or related infrastructure;
- reverse engineer, decompile, or circumvent technical protections except where applicable law expressly permits it;
- distribute unauthorized or modified copies of Anchor;
- use Anchor tag URLs to impersonate another person, distribute malware, mislead scanners, or create unauthorized access systems;
- abuse support channels or submit unlawful content; or
- use automated methods that impose unreasonable load on the website or services.
4. NFC tags and physical placement
You are responsible for obtaining compatible NFC tags unless Anchor expressly sells or provides a tag. Anchor does not manufacture, control, or guarantee third-party hardware. A compatible tag generally must be writable, unlocked, and support an appropriate NDEF format.
Some tags cannot be rewritten after they are locked. Standard NFC stickers may not scan reliably when attached directly to metal. Use a non-metal surface or a purpose-built on-metal tag.
You are responsible for safe, lawful, and authorized tag placement. Do not attach a tag to property without permission or place one where scanning could cause distraction, danger, property damage, confusion, or unauthorized access. Do not scan tags while driving, operating machinery, crossing a road, or performing another unsafe activity.
Anchor tags are habit cues, not security credentials. Do not use them as the sole control for a door, payment, emergency system, medical device, or other safety-critical function.
5. Habit and wellness disclaimer
Anchor is a productivity and habit-building tool. It does not provide medical care, diagnosis, treatment, emergency assistance, mental-health care, nutrition advice, or professional health guidance.
You remain responsible for your decisions, routines, and wellbeing. Do not rely on Anchor reminders, streaks, Health data, notifications, NFC tags, or alarms for urgent medication, medical monitoring, emergency response, or another safety-critical activity. Seek qualified professional advice where appropriate.
6. Smart alarm limitations
Anchor’s smart alarm features depend on compatible hardware, device power, sound and notification settings, permissions, iOS behavior, Apple frameworks, and the availability of the linked NFC tag. No software alarm is guaranteed to activate, remain audible, retry, or dismiss correctly in every circumstance.
Test each alarm, permission, sound, and NFC tag before relying on it. Maintain another alarm where failure could cause harm, missed travel, missed work, financial loss, or another serious consequence. iOS may display system controls that Anchor cannot remove. Travel backup and recovery features do not guarantee wakefulness.
7. Screen Time limitations
Screen Time features depend on Apple Family Controls and Managed Settings. Apple controls authorization, opaque selection tokens, system enforcement, and platform behavior. Anchor cannot guarantee that every restriction will activate, remain active, or behave identically across devices and iOS versions.
You are responsible for choosing appropriate restrictions and for maintaining any separate parental-control, workplace, safety, or compliance system you require.
8. Apple Health
Apple Health features are optional and depend on permission, compatible hardware, and the accuracy and availability of Apple Health data. Step totals may be delayed, incomplete, duplicated, or affected by device and account configuration. Anchor’s Health-based progress is not intended to provide medical conclusions.
9. Momentum Circles
Momentum Circles are invitation-based and use iCloud sharing. You choose the display name shown to invited members, and your current and previous weekly momentum percentages may be visible to them.
You must not use an abusive, deceptive, infringing, or unlawful Circle or display name. You are responsible for invitations you send and for considering the people with whom you share momentum. iCloud availability, Apple account status, sharing permissions, and Apple service changes may affect Circle access.
10. Free features
Anchor currently allows up to three active ordinary habits and one complete Social Media Block routine without Anchor+. Blocking routines do not count toward the three ordinary habit slots. The free routine includes user-chosen daily allowances, on-demand blocking, app selection, and NFC breaks. Creating an additional blocking routine requires Anchor+. Existing habits remain usable if you already have more than three. Creating another ordinary habit at or above the free limit requires Anchor+.
Screen Time authorization and the blocking controls within an existing routine do not require a purchase. Blocking during an existing focus habit and post-alarm blocking on an available alarm also require no additional purchase. Existing habits, blocking routines, their settings, and saved progress remain usable after an Anchor+ subscription expires; only creating more routines is restricted.
Anchor also includes an allowance of 10 completed wake-ups using one NFC alarm without Anchor+. Only a successfully completed real wake-up uses the allowance. Setup scans, alarm tests, cancellations, failed verification, and retries for the same wake-up do not use additional wake-ups.
After the tenth completed wake-up, the free alarm is paused. Anchor+ is required before scheduling the next wake-up or creating additional alarms. The allowance does not automatically start a subscription or charge you. Existing habits, standalone app blocking, and saved progress remain available. Some existing users may retain previously granted free-alarm access; the app shows the access that applies to them.
Features and reasonable usage limits may change as the product evolves, subject to applicable law. Changes do not convert an existing one-time purchase into a recurring subscription.
11. Anchor+ plans and features
Anchor+ may be offered as a monthly auto-renewing subscription, annual auto-renewing subscription, or one-time lifetime purchase. Depending on the product displayed in the app, Anchor+ may include:
- unlimited active ordinary habits;
- creating additional blocking routines, each with its own name, app choices, scheduled days, and allowance or on-demand mode;
- ongoing NFC wake-ups and multiple alarms;
- imported alarm sounds;
- hosting private Momentum Circles; and
- other premium features identified before purchase.
Your first complete blocking routine remains free. There is no paid app-count or duration tier within that routine. The exact paid features, localized price, billing period, and availability are shown in the app and confirmed by Apple before purchase. Taxes and currency conversion may vary by region.
12. Subscription billing and renewal
Subscriptions are processed by Apple and charged to the Apple Account associated with the purchase. Monthly and annual subscriptions automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period, subject to Apple’s current App Store rules. Apple may charge the renewal price within 24 hours before the period ends.
You can manage or cancel a subscription in Apple Account subscription settings. Deleting Anchor, disabling notifications, or ceasing to use premium features does not cancel a subscription.
13. Trials and promotional offers
If a free trial, introductory price, offer code, or promotion is available, its eligibility, duration, renewal terms, and price will be shown by Apple at the time of purchase. Unless the in-app purchase screen expressly states otherwise, do not assume that a trial is included.
Apple may limit offers based on account history, region, or previous subscriptions. At the end of a trial, a subscription may renew at the displayed price unless cancelled within Apple’s required period.
14. Lifetime purchase
A “lifetime” purchase is a one-time, non-consumable purchase that provides access to the Anchor+ features associated with that product for the supported commercial lifetime of Anchor, subject to these Terms. It does not refer to the purchaser’s lifetime and does not guarantee that every feature, platform service, Apple API, or online component will remain available forever.
Lifetime access is associated with the Apple Account used to purchase and may require Restore Purchases. Future separate products, major replacement products, or fundamentally different services may not be included unless stated otherwise.
Lifetime features remain subject to device compatibility, operating-system support, law, Apple policies, third-party service availability, security requirements, and reasonable product changes. Nothing in this section limits statutory consumer rights that cannot legally be excluded.
15. Price changes
Apple and Anchor may change prices prospectively. Subscription price changes are handled according to Apple’s rules and applicable law, including any required notice or consent. Existing one-time purchases will not be converted into recurring subscriptions.
16. Restoring purchases
You can use Restore Purchases while signed in to the Apple Account that completed the original purchase. Restoration depends on Apple’s transaction records and entitlement availability. Family Sharing may depend on product configuration, Apple eligibility, region, and account settings.
17. Refunds
Apple processes App Store payments and refund requests. Use Apple’s purchase-support process with the Apple Account that made the purchase. Anchor cannot directly issue an App Store refund. Nothing in these Terms excludes refund, cancellation, cooling-off, or consumer-guarantee rights required by applicable law.
18. Updates and availability
Anchor may add, change, suspend, or remove features for security, legal, technical, compatibility, sustainability, or product reasons. Some features depend on Apple services, supported iOS versions, compatible hardware, permissions, network access, iCloud status, or third-party NFC tags.
We do not guarantee that Anchor will be available in every country, on every device, or indefinitely. Updates may be required to continue using some features.
19. Intellectual property
Anchor’s software, design, branding, icons, graphics, sounds, text, and original content are protected by intellectual-property and other applicable laws. You may not use Anchor’s branding to imply endorsement, copy protected interface elements for a competing product, or remove ownership notices.
You retain ownership of content you create, such as custom habit names or optional images, subject to the rights needed for Anchor to display and process that content on your device or through a feature you choose.
20. Feedback
If you voluntarily send ideas, suggestions, or product feedback, Anchor may use that feedback to improve or develop products without an obligation to compensate you. This does not give Anchor ownership of private personal information or unrelated content included in a support message.
21. Third-party services
Anchor may rely on Apple App Store and StoreKit, iCloud and CloudKit, Apple Health, Family Controls and Managed Settings, notification and alarm services, website hosting, email providers, and third-party NFC hardware. Those products and services are controlled by their respective providers and may have separate terms, privacy policies, availability, and support channels.
22. Disclaimer of warranties
To the maximum extent permitted by law, Anchor is provided “as is” and “as available.” We disclaim implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, uninterrupted availability, and error-free operation. We do not warrant that a habit will be completed, an alarm will wake you, a restriction will remain active, data will synchronize, or a tag will scan in every circumstance.
Some jurisdictions do not allow certain disclaimers. Nothing in these Terms limits non-waivable consumer guarantees or statutory rights.
23. Limitation of liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, Anchor and its developer will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages; loss of profits, opportunity, goodwill, or data; missed alarms, appointments, travel, work, medication, or routines; or harm caused by unsafe tag placement or reliance on unsupported uses.
Where liability cannot be excluded, it is limited only to the extent permitted by applicable law. These limitations do not apply to liability that cannot legally be limited, including rights under mandatory consumer law.
24. Indemnity
To the extent permitted by law, you agree to be responsible for claims, losses, or reasonable costs arising from your unlawful use of Anchor, material breach of these Terms, unsafe or unauthorized NFC tag placement, or infringement of another person’s rights. This obligation does not apply where the claim was caused by Anchor’s own unlawful conduct.
25. Suspension and termination
You may stop using Anchor at any time. Subscription cancellation must be completed separately through Apple.
Anchor may suspend or terminate access to website or online components for material abuse, unlawful activity, security threats, fraud, or serious violations of these Terms. Where appropriate and legally required, reasonable notice or an opportunity to remedy may be provided.
26. Apple-specific terms
These Terms are between you and Anchor, not Apple. Apple is not responsible for maintaining or supporting Anchor, except as Apple may provide platform or purchase support under its own terms. To the extent required by Apple’s standard App Store terms, Apple and its subsidiaries may be third-party beneficiaries of the application license and may enforce relevant terms after your acceptance.
Apple’s App Store, media-services, iCloud, Health, Family Controls, and device terms continue to apply.
27. Governing law and disputes
These Terms are governed by the laws that apply to the developer and your use of Anchor, without limiting mandatory consumer protections available in your place of residence. Any dispute must be brought in a court with lawful jurisdiction unless applicable law requires another process.
Before filing a formal claim, you are encouraged to contact support so the issue can be understood and, where possible, resolved informally. This request does not shorten a legal deadline or remove a right you cannot waive.
28. Changes to these Terms
We may revise these Terms as Anchor changes. The “Last updated” date will identify revisions. Material changes may be communicated through the app or website where appropriate. Continued use after revised Terms take effect constitutes acceptance to the extent permitted by law.
29. Contact
Questions about these Terms can be sent to:
Email: support@anchorhabits.app →
Support: anchorhabits.app/support →